The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-12-03
Can Blaine Carry New York?

Odu DldlHO OdIly NOW 1OlAE
Bellefohtaine, Ohio, Republican.
We believe that Blaine cannot only
carry more States than any other
candidate, but that he can carry Ne,0
York and he can carry more 0OteS IN
Ne,0 York than any other man the Re
publican party can nominate.
There are those who hold a differ
ent opinion. but we never yet saw a
reasonable consideration given for
such opinions.
1t is said that Blaine failed in 1884.
But Foraker failed in 1888, and won in
1884 and '85. Harrison failed in 1876,
and won in 40. Jackson failed in
1924, and was elected in 1928 and 1882.
1t is true Blaine was not elected in
1884, but he received a higher vote
than any Republican candidate for
President ever received.
1t is true that he did not carry New
York, but he received higher cote
than any Republican ever received in
that State.
1t is true that Blaine was defeated
in New York by majority of ,047 !;
but it is also true that the majority
against the Republicans in New York
was $4,000 the year before, and 1922
600 two years before, and 1900 in
1885, 5000 in 1886, and 10000 in 1887.
Blaine therefore has carried more
strength in New York than any Re-
publican that ever ran in the State
before or since.
Having, therefore, shown that he
has the necessary strength outside of
New York, and that he has greater
strength than any man who has ever
run in New York, he must be accep-
ted as our strongest candidate, unless
good reason can be shown for beliey-
ing that some other man is more
popular.
Blaine has shown that he is stronger
than the party in New York. He not
only carried the largest vote that any
Republican ever carried in the State,
but his vote in 1884 exceeded by over
1900 the combined votes of the Re-
publican candidates for Congress in
New York that year.
There is nothing. therefore, to in
dictate that Blaine is not the strongest
candidate we could nominate, even
IN New York,
But his opposers says he was beaten
in New York in 1884 by Cleveland,
and he would be beaten by Cleveland
again. But this is said without reason
or facts to support it.
Who is there who is intelligent and
candid who does not believe that
Cleveland during his administration
has driven off from his support ten
times the number of his majority
over Blaine?
There are his pension vetoes and
his Rebel-fiag order his fishing Dec
GRAFTON day; his sighting of the
memory of Lincoln; his honors to
Jake Thompson, General Sidney
johnson, and Calhoun the Garland
scandal the failure to distribute the
surplus revenue; the failure to keep
the promise to reduce the tariff taxes;
the Identification of his Administra-
ton with free trade; the treatment
of Dakota the failure to carry out
civil service reform, and the identifi.
cation of his Administration with the
boodlers in Baltimore, Cincinnati
and New York the failure to bring
the good old times that were PROM
ised the dissatisfaction of those who
expected and didn't get office-these
and many other things have made
enemies to his Administration, while
not thing has it accomplished that
would win vote that Mr.. Cleveland
did not Carry in 1884.
Aside from these considerations,
there is the fact that there is no Re-
publican Administration in power to
work against Blaine; there will be
no Delmonico dinner and no Burch-
ard blunder. without either of which
Blaine would have been elected in
1884.
When, therefore, a Republican says
Blaine cannot carry New York in
1888 he shuts his eyes to the facts and
speaks without reason.